Safety Flash
Cabling in ROV hanger inadvertently severed by the ROV launch and recovery frame
Cabling in ROV hanger inadvertently severed by the ROV launch and recovery frame
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 27/19
- Electrical SafetyMachinery and EquipmentMarine OperationsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Risk managementStructural and asset integrity
- ROV operations
- HosePumpsRemotely operated vehicle
- Operating and work proceduresOperational supervisionRisk assessmentSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A vessel’s ROV launch and recovery frame struck a bulkhead cable tray, severing electrical cables and hydraulic hoses serving equipment. The damage emerged when an emergency firefighting pump would not start during weekly testing. A documented collision risk had not changed working instructions; actions included procedural review, recovery monitoring and an engineered solution under installation.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: ROV operations; remotely operated vehicle operations.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Remotely operated vehicle; ROV; underwater robot.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
An ROV launch frame struck a cable tray and severed electrical cables and hydraulic hoses because a documented collision risk was not operationally controlled.
IMCA SF 27/19. Themes: electrical safety, machinery and equipment, marine operations, structural and asset integrity.